Clive Gilbert and Paul Doyle

Manager for Assistive Technology and Research and Development Manager
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Policy Connect and Hereward College

Independent Living in the Smart Home Era

As the government prepares to publish its social care green paper, this seminar will explore the emerging role of smart home technologies in supporting disabled and older people to live independently. It will examine technological developments that are supporting greater individual choice and autonomy, and consider how public policy and industry practice must evolve to make the most of the benefits of smart homes while mitigating against potential risks.

Clive Gilbert and Paul Doyle will be speaking in the following theatre:

About Clive Gilbert and Paul Doyle

Clive Gilbert co-manages the All Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology (APPGAT), whose secretariat services are provided by the cross-party think tank Policy Connect. He is leading the group''s work around the adult social care and smart homes, and will be coordinating its response to the government's green paper on the subject. A lifelong user of assistive technology, Clive has extensive experience advising policymakers and front-line service providers on how to support and empower disabled and older people. In addition to his role with APPGAT, Clive is the author of the dispATches assistive
technology newsletter published by the charity Designability and serves as the public and patient voice representative for NHS England''s Environmental Control Service.

Paul Doyle has been actively engaged in the field of Assistive Technology since 1995 in a variety of operational and strategic roles. He currently manages the Access Centre at Hereward College where he is responsible for the acquisition and embedding of assistive technologies into the 24-hour curriculum as well as managing the College''s DSA assessment centres. Paul also leads a team of researchers undertaking projects in and around the field of assistive technology, with diverse objectives including capturing user experiences of innovations in AT, AT Education and Training, and workforce development projects aimed at underpinning the assessment and installation of assistive technologies.